Your complete guide to buying and running a canal boat

Contents include Planning a new boat, Sailaways, Where to cruise, Secondhand buying guide.

Saloons, Galleys, Cabins, Engines, Electrical systems, Plumbing and heating and maintenace.

Whether you are buying your first used boat, thinking of tackling a self-build sailaway or specifying your dream new narrowboat. The Canal Boat Manual will be an indispensable guide. Its 19 chapters are a complete guide to the purchase, design and fitting out of all the modern narrowboat.

postage and packing added to the above price is equal to buying direct from "Canal Boat" magazine.

See also "So you want to Buy A Canal Boat " sister publication

Choosing the right boat for you

Designing a great interior

How much should you spend

Ins-and outs of moorings and marinas

Running you boat

Check out the latest kit and much more.

100 pages approx A4 size soft back full colour

Chapters on Holidays afloat, Buying a boat, Where and when to go.

The necessary preparation, Boat handling, Saftey on board, Extra-special places to visit.

Canals and rivers in the Uk, Ireland and Europe.

Semi hardback 8"x 6" 244 pages with maps of UK Ireland and Europe full colour photographs

Second edition

Paperback 28 page booklet

Everything you always wanted to know but didn't know who to ask!

On rivers, canals, seas and lakes all over the world you'll find a diverse bunch of people who have chosen to live afloat. This book decribes some of those homes and the people who own them.

Full of colour pictures

This book should be a 'must have' for all those small boat owners who wish to explore the delights of the Inland Waterways.

One of the joys of owning a small boat is in visiting new waters and different areas around our extensive coast. However, finding suitable sites can be a problem. This books deatils availability, contact telephone numbers, charges if any, suitable for different types of boat.

Suitable for all types of samll boat - sailing dinghies, runabouts and skiboats, fishing boats, trailer sailers, inflatables and small cruisers this book will be invaluable in helping you launch and recover your boat easily around Britains fascinating coastline.

Written by an expert, and produced in collaboration with the Inland Waterways Association, it is a concise, authoritative guide to the practical aspects of crusing canals and navigable rivers.

What every present and prospective purchaser needs! Well illustrated in colour.

Part 1 Looks at the design of individual areas in a narrowboat

Part 2 Eighteen carefully selected case studies. Each looks at how the designer has tackled aspects of the boat's layout.

How to maintain, repair and improve your boat's essential systems

If it's on a boat and it has screws, wires, or moveing parts, it's covered in the "Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual". Packed with new and updated information, this third edition maintains the book's highly praised tradition of rich illustrations, clear text, and diagnostic troubleshooting charts, and brings boaters completely up to speed with the technological advances of the past decade.

Paperback 120 pages 160x217mm

This book is the prefect companion to Alan Watt's bestseller "Instant Weather Forcasting". Its easily accessible format and revelutionary presentation has established the author's reputation as a laymen's meterologist.

This bestseller gem of a book will be invaluable to anyone participating in outdoor activities including holiday makes.

In this book Don Seddon majors on the essentials - good engine practice, preventative maintenance and troubleshooting. That will be enough for some owners, but for those who want to know more it also covers: How it works, Electrical systems, Fuel, Installation, Air, Laying up, Cooling, Long passages, Lubrication, Maintenance Log.

This book contains all you need to be a 12-volt troubleshooter. It gives some basic theory so you can understand what you're doing. It majors on the seamanlike practices of anticipating and preventing trouble. And it shows clearly how to locate a fault, correct the problem if you can or adopt a get-you-home remedy if you can't.

Step-by-step written and picture instructions, covering such subjects as drowning, hypothermia, heart attacks, bleeding and burns.